Insole-marking machine.



L. M. BROWN.

INSOLE MARKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. I9. 1913.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS M. BROWN, 013 BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR, IBY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS,

TO UNITED SHOE MACHINERY CORPORATION, OF IPATER$ON, NEW JERSEY, A COR- PORA'IION OF NEW JERSE IN'SOLE-MARKING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1918.

Application filed November 19, 1913. Serial No. 801,807.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, LoUIs M. BROWN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Insole- Marking Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

' The present invention relates to marking machines and more particularly to machines for applying markers to soles or insoles to serve as guides for the operator in performing some subsequent operation upon the shoe.

The object of the invention is to provide a novel and improved construction by which a plurality of guiding or locating lines may be accurately and conveniently impressed upon soles either before or after they have been attached to the last.

To this end one feature of the invention contemplates the provision of mechanism whereby an insole may be marked after it has been secured to the last, the position of the mark or marks being preferably determined from the last, thus avoiding inaccuracies due to distortion of the sole either during the channeling or after channeling and prior to the assembling of the parts upon the last.

In accordance with a further feature of the invention the sole is positioned length wise by a fixed toe gage, with reference to which the marking devices for applying the several marks to the insole are adjusted. This insures an accurate positioning of the marks even when the soles are marked before being attached to the last, since variations in the length of the soles caused by the channeling are commonly rectified by trimming the heel end of the sole after it is attached to the last.

These features as well as the further features hereinafter described and set forth in the claims will be readily understood from an inspection of the accompanying drawings and the following detailed description of the mechanism illustrated therein.

In the drawings:

Figure l is a front elevation of the machine embodying the invention in its pre ferred form; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the machine; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional View; Fig. 1 is a detail plan View showing the marker carrying blocks, the markers being removed; Fig. 5 is a detail vertical sectional view through the toe positioning devices; Fig. 6 is a detail elevation showing the rear side of one of the marker carrying blocks; Fig. 7 is a front elevation of the sole supporting and positioning devices adapted to support and position a sole prior to its attachment to the last; and Fig. 8 is an end elevation of the devices shown in Fig. 7.

The machine illustrated comprises devices for positioning the sole and for marking thereon the tip line, the ball line and heel breast line so that the operator may be guided and assisted in assembling the parts, in lasting the shoe, in sewing the inseam, in butting the welt, and in performing other operations on the shoe.

In the construction shown, the marking and sole positioning devices are mounted and guided upon a base plate 2 which may he supported in a horizontal or inclined position by any suitable standard (not shown).

Each marking device comprises a series of marking blocks 4, mounted in a carrier 6 and supported upon springs 8 so that they may yield independently to conform to the curvature of the sole being operated upon. Each marker is pivotally supported to swing about a vertical axis in a bearing formed in block 10 at the end of the arm 22 which is attached to the block. The block 10 with a marker pivoted therein is mounted to slide in a guideway formed in the base plate. The angular position of each marker transversely of the guideway and of the sole is determined by spring pressed stop pins 12 arranged to engage recesses in the under side of the carrier 6.

In order that the angular adjustment of a marker may be readily and accurately'reversed for right and left shoes two pins are provided for each marker, and means is also provided for adjusting the pins equal distances in opposite directions in varying the angular adjustment of the marker. As shown, the pins 12 are carried in blocks 14.- guided in a bracket 16 secured to the bear- 111g block 10. The blocks 14 are gaged by The markers are inked by an inking roll 96 mounted in a yoke 98 which is secured to the end of a slide rod 100. The rod 100 is mounted to slide in a bearing 102 formed at the end of an arm 1.0 which projects from the base plate. The inking roll is reciprocated by a lever 106 pivoted to the arm 101- and connected at its upper end to the yoke 98 by a link 108. The lower end of lhe lever .106 carries a roller 110 which engages a cam groove 112 formed in an arm 11% projecting from the cross bar 58 of the sole supporting carriage. As the sole supporting carriage is movedup and down the cam groove 112 acts to move the inking roll back and forth across the marker, the roll being drawn back out of the path of the sole as the sole is moved down into engagement with the markers.

The sole supporting devices above described are adapted to support and position a sole after it has been attached to the last. In Figs. 7 and 8 asole supporting device is shown which may be used in the machine to mark soles before they have been attached to the As shown in these views, the sole supporting and positioning devices comprise a plate 116 which is supported upon arms 118 journaled upon a supporting rod 120.

a The rod is supported in brackets 122 and 124.

whichare adapted to'be secured to the support 78 and head 64, respectively, of the sole supporting carriage. The sole carrying plate 116 is provided with a fixed toe gage 126 against which the end of the insole rests and with a v shaped toe centering gage 128 which is mounted to slide upon the plate and is pressed forward by a spring 130 in order to providefor different style insoles. Thus an insole with a wide too will press the V- gage back :farther than an insole with. anarrow toe, and this adjustment allows the end of the insole tobe' fixed against the gage 126, while the V-gage centers the toe regardless of the style of the insole. The plate 116 is also provided with a V-shaped heel centering gage] 32 carried by a slide 134 mounted in a guideway formed in the plate. The heel gage may be-moved toward and from the toe by a handle 136 and it is held frictionallyin position by a spring pressed pin 138 whichengages the bottom of the gnideway in which the slide 1.3 1 is mounted. The plate 116 is held normally in the position indicated in dotted lines at the right of Fig. 8 by springs 140 connected with the rod 120 and engaging two of the arms 118. The center arm 11.8 is provided with a handle 142 by which the plate may be swung into the dottedline position indicated at the left in Fig. 8 after the sole has been positioned on the plate. The sole is held on the plate by a leaf spring 144. WVhen the plate is swung down into the position indicated in dotted linesat the left in Fig. 8, a stop 14-6 on one of the arms 118 engages a stop 148 on the bracket 122 and thereafter the sole may be moved down into engagement with the markers by pressure upon the handle 142.

lVhile it is preferred to employ the specific construction and arrangement of parts shown and described it will be understood that this construction is not essential to the broader features of the invention and may be varied or modified without departing therefrom.

Having explained the nature and object of the invention and specifically described one :form of apparatus in which it may be embodied, what I claim is:--

l. A machine for marking insoles, having in combination, means :for supporting and positioning the insole, a tip line marker, a ball-line marker, and a breast-line marker, all adjustable relatively to one another for operating on soles of different size, and mechanism .l'or relatively actuating the markersand the insole supporting means to mark the insole.

2. A machine for marking insoles, having in combination, a liXed toe gage for posi' tioning the insole longitudinally, means for positioning the insole laterally, a plurality of marking devices adjustable relatively to one another and to the toe gage to correspondingly mark the insole trai'isversely at different points along its length for the different sizes of shoes.

A machine for marking insoles, having in combination, a fixed loe gage for positioning the insole longitudinally, a plurality of markers relatively adjustable to one another and to the toe gage to eorrespondingly mark the insoles for the different sizes of shoes, and a common actuator for simultaneously adjusting the markers varying amounts with relation to the toe gage.

4. A machine for marking insoles, having in combination, means :for supporting and positioning an insole, a tip line marker, a ball'line-marker, a breast-line n'iarker, all angularly adjustable with relation to one another and mechanism for relatively actuating the markers and insole supporting means to mark the insole.

5. A machine for marking insoles, having in combination, means for supporting and positioning an insole, a tip line marker, a

' ball-line marker, a breast-line marker, means to adjust said markers bodily and angularly to mark the insole at different distances and at different angles, and mechanism "for relatively actuating the markers and insole supporting means to mark the insole.

6. A machine for marking insoles, having in combination, insole positioning means including a fixed toe gage for positioning the insole longitinlinally, and V-gages for centering the toe and heel of the insole. and a marking device "for marking the insole.

7 A machine for marking insoles, having in combination,- a fixed end gage for posifor centering the end of the insole, and'a marking device for marking-the insole.

S. A machine for marking insoles, having 1n combination, means for supportnigand positioning the insole, a plurality of'marking devices adjustable relatively to one an other and to the insole positioning means, a common actuator for simultaneously adjusting the marking devices different amounts, and connections between said actuator and. said marking devices'having provision for the independent adjustment of each of said marking devices.

- 9. A'machine for marking insoles, having in combination, means for supporting and positioning an insole, a plurality of marking devices, a shaft for adjusting one of said marking devices, a sleeve rotatably mounted upon said shaft for adjustingan other of said marking devices, a common actuating shaft for said first mentioned shaft and sleeve, and gearing interposed between the actuatingshaft and said first mentioned shaft and sleeve to simultaneously adjust the marking devices different amounts.

.10. A machine for marking insoles,hav' ing in combination, meansfor supporting and positioningthe insole, a plurality of marking devices relatively adjustable with respect to one another and to'the position ing means, and mechanism for adjusting said devices comprising a hollow' shaft,- a second shaft rotatably mounted within said hollovv'shaft, one of saidshaftscomprising twoportions rotatably adjustable with relation to each other, andeach provided with screw threads differing in'pitchfrom the other, a"common actuator for said shafts, and connections between said actuator and shafts having provision for the actuation of one shaft independently of'the other.

11: A machine for marking-insoles, having in combination,means for supporting and positioning an insole; a-markin'g device located below the insole supporting means, and mechanism for relatively a'ctuating the markingdevice and theinsole supporting means to markthe'lowerfaceof the insole.

12. A machine for marking 1nsoles,-having in="combination,- a frame, a markingde vice supported therein', insole supporting means located above the markingdevice and vertically movable with respect to said marking device, and means for guiding the supporting means in their vertical movements;

, thereto longitudinally,

and positioning the insole, an angularly adj ust'ab'le marking'device, and mechanism forsecuring said marking device in thesarne' an right and'left insoles, said 14:. A machine for marking insoles having, in combination, a plurality of marking devices for marking the insole, means for relatively, longitudinally' and angularly adjusting the markers to position them for" placing marks in predetermined positions on a determined type of" sole, and means for supporting and positioning longiti'idinall'y and centering a last having an insole attached thereto Withrespectito the longitudinal and angular position of the markers;

15. A machine for marking'insoles on"the' last having, in combination, a markingide vice formarkingthe insole, means-forrelatively, longitudinally: and angularlyi adjusting themarking device for placing a'mark in a predetermined position on a determined type of sole, and alast positioning means including a fixed toe. gage'for positioning the insole longitudinally, and means for-center ing. the last Withrespect to thelongitudinal and angular position of themarking ,device.

16. A machine for marking insoles having, .in combination, a marking device for marking the insole, means for. relatively, longitudinally, and angularly adjusting the marker for placing .amark in a predetermined position on a determined type-ofsole, an adjustable 'heel gage, and ato age 00- operating with theheel gage for positioning longitudinally a lasthaving an insole attached thereto and for-centeringsaid last with respect to the longitudinal and'angu larposition of the marking device.

17 A" machine for marking 1i ing, in combinationja' fixed toe gage for positioning; a

means v for position ing the last'-laterally,a plurality of marking devices-adjustable relative to one another, I

and means for relatively actuating the mark ing devicesand positioning means to mark the insole.

ing-, in combination, means for positionmg V and supporting a last having: an insole attachedthereto, a plurality of marking delast-having an insole attached 18. A machine for marking insoles, havvices-relatively adjustable to' one another and located below the insole, means for adjusting the markersand mechanismrfor relatively actuating the markersand the supporting means to mark the insole. V j

19 A machine for marking; insoles having, in combination, a fixed toe gage for pcsitioning the insole longitudinally, means for positioning theinsole laterally, a tip line marker, a ball line marker and a breast line marker, means for adjusting said markers relatively to one another and to the toe gage to correspondingly mark insoles for different sizes of shoes,'and mechanism to relatively actuate the markers and the insole supporting means to mark the insole.

20. A machine for marking insoles having, in combination, an end gage for positioning the insole longitudinally, a ball line marker, a breast line marker and a tip line marker, said markers being relatively adjustable to the end gage to correspondingly mark insoles for different sizes of shoes, and a common actuator for simultaneously adjusting the markers varying amounts with relation to the end gage.

21. An insole fitting machine having, in combination, a fixed end gage for positionin the insole longitudinally, a longitudina ly yieldable fork cooperating with the said gage for centering the end of the insole, means for holding the insole against said gage, and devices for operating on the insole.

22. An insole fitting machine having, in combination, a fixed toe gage, a spring, a toe centering fork cooperating with said gage mounted to move longitudinally against said spring, a heel centering fork mounted to move longitudinally, a spring of greater strength than the spring operating on the toe fork arranged to move the heel fork to- Ward the toe fork to press the insole against the gage, and means for operating upon the insole.

23. A machine for marking an insole attached to a last, havin in combination, means for supporting t e last, means for longitudinally positioning and centering the last and insole, a marking device for placing a line on the insole comprising a plurality of independently yielding sections, mechanism for intermittently inking the marker,* and means to relatively move the marker and last and insole to bring the insole into contact with the marker whereby the marker will conform with its marking edge to the sole contour to make a continuous line.

24. The combination with means for operating on a sole, of a gage to engage one end of a sole and position the sole longitudinally with relation to said operating means, and a longitudinally yielding centering fork to engage the same end of the sole.

25. A machine for marking insoles, having, in combination, means for supporting and positioning a last having an insole attached thereto, a plurality of marking devices to mark the insole at different points in its length, means for relatively adjusting the marking devices for shoes of different sizes, and means for relatively actuating the marking devices and last supporting means to mark the insole.

26. A machine for marking insoles, having, in combination, means for supporting and positioning a last having an insole attached thereto, a plurality of independently yielding marking devices to mark the solo at different points inits length, and means for relatively actuating the marking devices and last supporting means to mark the insole.

LOUIS M. BROWN. Witnesses:

CHESTER E. Rooms, LILLIAN B. Duran.

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